“Clap your hands and sing with great enthusiasm! Imagine you are established in a state of bliss singing in the hearts of all living beings.” –Sri Dharma Mittra “The name of God, chanted correctly or incorrectly, knowingly or unknowingly, carefully or...

In recent columns, we’ve explored the inner spaces of the body and mind. We’ve paid special attention to the openings or gateways from the outer world to our inner spaces and channel systems. For example, the mouth is the opening to our digestive system, and the...

“The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.” —Henry Miller Are you aware of all the thoughts in your mind at this moment? One research study revealed that humans experience as many as 60,000 thoughts each...

The theme of this column in 2017 is freedom, and we have examined aspects of this theme such as struggles, blessings, lessons, and warriors of freedom. To fully comprehend our present social reality and the building of freedom, it is necessary to look at the opposite...

Feeling anxious is no fun. Yet anxiety is something many children face. The National Institute of Mental Health reports that about 25% of all children ages 13 to 18 have or will experience anxiety. Many parents and schoolteachers would say this number is much higher...